Regarding the Oct. 12 Metro article “Reaching a breaking point over Metro’s woes”: I just love Metro’s announcement “thank you for your patience.” After hearing that ad nauseam several times a week fo...
Regarding the Oct. 12 Metro article “Reaching a breaking point over Metro’s woes”: I just love Metro’s announcement “thank you for your patience.” After hearing that ad nauseam several times a week fo...
Regarding the Oct. 13 front-page article “Clinton aide also had job dealing with Abu Dhabi”: I am appalled! Not at the conflict of interest that reflects a lack of judgment on the part of an individua...
One option was unmentioned in the Oct. 13 front-page article “Afghan decision tests Obama,” about President Obama’s fading chance to bring the troops home. The president could use his available powers...
In their Oct. 9 op-ed, “Countering Putin,” former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and former defense secretary Robert Gates argued that we need to “create our own facts on the ground” in Syria. Th...
Regarding the Oct. 12 news article “Benghazi panel chair disputes claims”: It may not matter whether Bradley Podliska, former investigator for the House Select Committee on Benghazi, was telling the t...
The Oct. 10 Metro article “Montgomery schools graded on special ed” reported on a study of the effectiveness and fairness of Montgomery County Public Schools’ special-education program. As a parent of...
Regarding the Oct. 11 Metro article “Push in Md. for assisted suicide”: I hope this law finally gets passed. I know that Maryland likes to think of itself as a forward-looking state and that many of...
The Oct. 11 Local Opinions piece “Buses may be the answer” emphasized the value of frequent and reliable bus service but called for only one change in how we operate buses: using technology to coordin...
Regarding the Oct. 11 front-page article “U.S. airstrike on hospital still unexplained”: The United States should conduct an open investigation, similar to the U.S. Navy investigation of the sinking o...
Fareed Zakaria, in his Oct. 9 op-ed column, “The key to solving Afghanistan,” disregarded the thousands of lives that were lost fighting extremism, leaving Pakistan politically volatile. The burden of...
The Oct. 11 front-page article “In California, leniency’s unintended effects” failed to mention some important facts. Crime is down in San Diego after Proposition 47 reduced six low-level offenses to...
It’s a step forward to editorialize openly about our voting system risks [“Model T’s in the voting booth,” editorial, Oct. 8]. But electronic election theft was curiously underplayed considering The P...
Regarding the Oct. 5 front-page article “Youth sports are down, and parental pressure is up”: Parents perhaps should be held accountable for the “elite” athlete culture that dominates youth sports, bu...
Regarding the Oct. 9 editorial “A House in peril”: Sidelining the roughly 40 Republican members of the far-right-wing Freedom Caucus requires ending their extortionist approach to the legislative proc...
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson made one good recommendation: The idea of unarmed civilians swarming and overpowering a shooter worked, for example, during the 1993 Long Island Rail Road...
The Oct. 10 Economy & Business article “Protections for drug firms in trade bill fuel fresh opposition” inaccurately referred to “monopolies” in discussing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Intelle...
Regarding the Oct. 7 Metro article “Metro links decline in ridership to service”: Reducing carbon emissions from transit is central to creating climate-smart cities, a key component of President Obama...
The Oct. 8 Local Living article “A new school of thoughtfulness” reported on schools in the area teaching mindfulness to help students cope with stress. People are jumping on the mindfulness bandwagon...
In his Oct. 8 op-ed column, “A global economy in peril,” Lawrence Summers argued that current bond prices are a sign that government debt levels are too low and urged higher government spending for pr...
In his Oct. 7 op-ed, “How the NRA can help,” Jeffrey Zalles proposed having the National Rifle Association license ammunition buyers, putting serial numbers on ammunition and recording every sale to k...
